Comment 52 for bug 62430

I don't understand why you would make an application that doesn't properly handle a particular file the default handler for that file.

I mean, someone had to have made a conscious decision at some point something along the lines of this: "Here is a .pls file. I'm creating an entry in the operating system's MIME database for the .pls file so it will open with Rhythmbox, even though I realize nothing will happen when the user opens the file. But I'm going to do it anyways."

I expect that it somehow involves a political decision to use Rhythmbox as the default media player because Rhythmbox is the iTunes of Ubuntu, ie a way of turning Linux into a cash machine for Jane Silber.